KCRW HQ’s first visitor of 2023, house-hop producer Channel Tres, is racking up the week’s most spins for his eagerly awaited debut full length, Real Cultural Shit. He’s only slightly edging out our favorite Dutch poptart Benny Sings + LA’s Gen-Z goddess of grooves Remi Wolf, and last week’s top spinner Little Simz.
Of course, everyone around these parts is all-in over the news that iconic UK acoustic-indiepop-turned-house-trendsetters Everything But The Girl have released their first new music in 24 years. It’s a deeply emotive serving of bass-heavy dance pop, and there was no chance of it landing anywhere outside of our top five most played this week.
With a rundown this stacked, you just know that this week’s Top 30 Spotify playlist is going to be especially on point. Follow up, please.
Top 30 Albums (1.18.2023)
1 | Channel Tres | Real Cultural Shit |
2 | Benny Sings | Young Hearts |
3 | Little Simz | NO THANK YOU |
4 | Everything But the Girl | Fuse |
5 | Young Fathers | Heavy Heavy |
6 | Classixx | Bird of Prey [Single] |
7 | Thee Sacred Souls | Thee Sacred Souls |
8 | Genesis Owusu | Get Inspired [Single] |
9 | El Michels Affair & Black Thought | Glorious Game |
10 | Kate Bollinger | J’aime les filles [Single] |
11 | M83 | Fantasy |
12 | Wet Leg | Wet Leg |
13 | Gorillaz | Cracker Island |
14 | Sudan Archives | Natural Brown Prom Queen |
15 | Moon Boots | Ride Away |
16 | Eddie Chacon | Holy Hell [Single] |
17 | Vagabon | Carpenter [Single] |
18 | Altin Gün | Aşk |
19 | Rozi Plain | Prize |
20 | Skrillex | Rumble (Feat. Fred Again.. & Flowdan) [Single] |
21 | ODESZA | The Last Goodbye (Hayden James Remix) [Single] |
22 | Various Artists | Advanced Disco & Deeper Vol. 1 |
23 | Gabriels | Angels & Queens - Part 1 |
24 | Danielle Ponder | Some Of Us Are Brave |
25 | Warm Sound | Infinity Eye [Single] |
26 | Daniel Avery | Ultra Truth |
27 | The Blessed Madonna | Serotonin Moonbeams [Single] |
28 | The Comet Is Coming | Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam |
29 | Chiiild | Better Luck In The Next Life |
30 | The Arcs | Electrophonic Chronic |